This site features current writing opportunities for authors of all genres, with a preference for Christian publications. The submission opportunities featured on this blog site have been collected by Sally Clark. The source of the information is listed at the bottom of each post. Please check these websites for additional writing articles and information on submissions in other genres.

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Articles 1000 to 2000 words, sermons and meditations 500 to 2000 words, stories (fiction or nonfiction) 750 to 2000 words, poems, prayers and liturgical pieces. Weavings is neither a popular devotional guide nor a technical scholarly journal. We are looking for material that has spiritual depth expressed in simple, even poetic, prose. We hope authors will show our reade...

The annual journal of literary and visual art that is published by Upstate Medical University's Center for Bioethics and Humanities, is looking for artists and writers for next year’s fall publication! We welcome fiction, poetry, narratives, essays, memoirs, drawings, photography, and graphic art, particularly but not exc...

We invite the submission of poetry, short prose, line art, cartoons, and book and new music reviews. There is no theme; we seek quality art and literature. When submitting poetry, 4-6 pieces are preferred; line count is not necessary. For artwork, please submit photocopies or electronic versions (if electronic, 600 dpi preferred) only. Prose must include a word count and should not exceed 2,500 words; 1,000-2,000 is best for us. Submissio...

Magnolia: A Journal of Women's Literature is currently accepting submissions for it's second volume. As a series dedicated to socially engaged literature, this collection caters to works often ignored by mainstream publishers, thereby representing a milestone in women's publishing.

The Institute welcomes submissions for Volume II of a new series dedicated to sociall...

BORDERLANDS: Texas Poetry Reviewis a literary journal based in Austin, Texas that published poetry along with photographs, reviews and essays.Submission deadline for the Summer 2012 issue is December 15, 2011

Please submit a maximum of four outwardly directed poems that exhibits social, political, geographical, historical or spiritual awareness. We are open to traditional and experimental forms. Payment is one copy.

Persimmon Tree’smission is to bring the creativity and talent of women over sixty to a wide audience of readers of all ages.

We are looking for work that reveals rich experience and a variety of perspectives. Each issue of the magazine will include several fiction and nonfiction pieces, poetry by one or more poets, and the work of one visual artist. The magazine is published quarterly, in association with Mills College.

We welcome previously unpublished fiction and nonfiction pieces under 3...

The Chrysalis Reader audience includes people from numerous faiths and backgrounds. Many of them work in psychology, education, religion, the arts, sciences, or one of the helping professions. The style of writing may be humorous, serious, or some combination of these approaches. Essays, poetry, and fiction that are not evangelical in tone but that are unique in addressing the Chrysalis Reader theme are more likely to be ...

5x5 Literary Journal5x5 is a concise literary magazine, which means we are looking for concise literature to print.5x5 will consider almost any original, previously unpublished work for publication.We don't consider posting a piece to your own website to be "published."We accept simultaneous submissions as long as you tell us that you are submitting simultaneously and let us know right away if it's accepted elsewhere.

The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts,http://matterpress.com/journal is looking for, as you might guess, "compressed creative arts." We accept fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, mixed media, visual arts, and even kitchen sinks, if they are compressed in some way. We publish weekly.

Our response time is generally 1-3 days. Also, our acceptance rate is currently about 1% of submissions. We pay writers $50 per accepted piece and signed contract.

Rosebud: The Magazine for People who Enjoy Good Writingis open to outside submissions and reviews material throughout the year. The best way to get a feeling of what they do is to read an issue or two. You can either visit your local bookstore (we are available in Borders and Barnes & Noble), or better yet—subscribe or buy a sample copy directly from us. Also, check out our website at www.rsbd.net

The Fall 2011 issue of Rio Grande Review will deal with imminent change. It was only a few months ago that Harold Camping was convinced that the end of the world was near and total destruction was inevitable. This was not the first prophecy of total annihilation to come, nor will it be the last. Whether one takes on a very religious, intellectual, or scientific viewpoint of the Apocalypse, or this ‘great cha...

MATTER PRESShttp://matter.submishmash.com/Submit---The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts is looking for, as you might guess, "compressed creative arts." We accept fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, mixed media, visual arts, and even kitchen sinks, if they are compressed in some way. Work is published weekly. We pay writers $50 per accepted piece and signed contract. We are currently ONLY open for compressed prose, either fiction or creative nonfiction. Please submit only during the presc...Continue reading ...

Windhover: A Journal of Christian Literature

Windhover is devoted to promoting writers and literature with a Christian perspective. The journal accepts a broad definition of that perspective while remaining committed to its identity as a journal of Christian literature.

The journal accepts unsolicited submissions of poetry, short fiction, non-fiction, and creative non-fiction. Please send no more than four poems per issue. Items lon...

Fall 2011 theme: THE ECSTATICWe are looking for poetry, fiction, and essays addressing the ecstatic and its counterparts--the comedown and ecstasy thwarted, whether by internal or external means. Deadline:...

Acorn is now open to submissions until August 31, 2010 for their January/February issue. Original, unpublished haiku, not under consideration elsewhere, are welcome from all writers. Please send submissions of 5-15 poems. More submission details and sample poems: http://www.acornhaiku.com/acornhaiku/Submissions.html

Prune Juice is seeking submissions of quality senryu and kyoka in English from writers across the globe. Please submit up to twenty senryu/kyoka at a time via email. Poems should appear in the body of the email – no attachments will be read. Please ensure that your submission has ‘PRUNE JUICE SUBMISSION’ clearly written in the email’s title field. Always include your name and a brief biography, even if you have submitted to us previously.

Poetry: The tribute section will feature humorous poetry -- light verse, puns, parodies...you name it; just make us laugh. To submit via email or hardcopy, follow theregular guidelines, but please note in the cover letter that you are submitting for the humor tribute.

Essays: We'd like to publish either a series of short essays on different aspects of humor in poetry, or a longer introduction to the history of humor in verse. Please query with any q...

Based at the University of Idaho, *Fugue* is constructing a 20th anniversary issue "in the form of a regionally based issue. Bruce Barcott said, 'We created the northwest with words,' but we are adding that it is this region which causes writers to write. This latter thought is what we are developing our anniversary issue around – the writers of the west, but more specifically the insiders, the born, the original settlers versus the outsiders, the migrators, the transplants, the carpetbagge...

Indiana Review is looking for art, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for a special feature on Blue in our Summer 2010 issue. What do we mean by blue? We mean the color, the mood, the music. We're looking for work that honors, laments, declares war on, reinterprets, reinvents, and redefines 'blue.' Our door is wide open and the possibilities are endless. We're thinking the color blue; the blues; narrators named Blue; Holden Caulfield; Miles Davis's 'Kind of Blue'; William Gass's 'On Being Blue';...

The Chrysalis Reader audience includes people from numerous faiths and backgrounds. Many of them work in psychology, education, religion, the arts, sciences, or one of the helping professions. The style of writing may be humorous, serious, or some combination of these approaches. Essays, poetry, and fiction that are not evangelical in tone but that are unique in addressing the Chrysalis Reader theme are more likely to be accepted. Our readers are interested in expanding, enriching, or challen...

Weavingsjournal is a quarterly publication that promotes a pattern of faithful living marked by prayer, community, and engagement. Such living, to which laity and clergy alike are called, embraces all those expressions of discipline and discipleship that mark the Christian's response to God's work of weaving together the torn fabric of life.http://www.upperroom.org/weavings/writers_guidelines.asp

For the Fall 2009 Umbrella (pub date September 1) we will be reading both unthemed and themed poetry and prose. For the themed section, we are looking for poems that have something to do with school subjects, e.g., history, geography, science, math, languages, etc. Understand, we are not looking for retrospective poems that deal with your school days, but rather poems that encounter the subjects themselves. (Despite that statement, we’ve been see...

Weavings journal is a quarterly publication that promotes a pattern of faithful living marked by prayer, community, and engagement. Such living, to which laity and clergy alike are called, embraces all those expressions of discipline and discipleship that mark the Christian's response to God's work of weaving together the torn fabric of life.http://www.upperroom.org/weavings/writers_guidelines.asp

Turning the World Upside Down

Seeking literary essays telling personal stories for two anthologies, one focusing on birth parents, and the other on the subject of miscarriage. The submissiondeadline for both books is August 15, 2009,and payment in each case will be $50 plus one copy of the book. See www.catalystbookpress.com/Guidelines.htmlfor more information.

This annual journal is devoted to fairy tales as a contemporary art form and is accepting submissions of stories and poems untilJune 15, 2009, for its upcoming issue with the theme "Little Red Riding Hood."

LiturgicalCredo,a member of the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses, is changing its mission. Beginning in June, the online literary journal will be devoted to contemporary stories of faith and doubt in the forms of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. We seek expressions of hard-won faith as well as doubts that won't go away. We do not want simplistic belief or mere skepticism. Instead, we look for inward struggles that are lived within contemporary experiences, whether extraordinary or m...

Vineyards: A Journal of Christian Poetry, publishing its inaugural issue in early 2010, seeks high quality, original poetry in the tradition of Donne, Herbert, Hopkins, Thompson, Eliot, Anne Sexton, Kelly Cherry, Scott Cairns, etc. We are looking for sacramental poetry that challenges the mind and the soul. Vineyard does not want greeting card sentimentality but poems that display the technical mastery and creative fervor that characterize wor...

Seeks to promote informed, committed spiritual growth with attention to the corporate dimension of the spiritual life. Such growth, to which laity and clergy alike are called, embraces all those expressions of discipline and discipleship that mark the Christian's response to God's work of weaving together the torn fabric of life. Weavings invites participation in the spiritual life, seeking to provide a forum in which our life in the world and the spiritual resourc...

Articles 1000 to 2000 words, sermons and meditations 500 to 2000 words, stories (fiction or nonfiction) 750 to 2000 words, poems, prayers and liturgical pieces. Weavings is neither a popular devotional guide nor a technical scholarly journal. We are looking for material that has spiritual depth expressed in simple, even poetic, prose. We hope authors will show our reade...

The annual journal of literary and visual art that is published by Upstate Medical University's Center for Bioethics and Humanities, is looking for artists and writers for next year’s fall publication! We welcome fiction, poetry, narratives, essays, memoirs, drawings, photography, and graphic art, particularly but not exc...

We invite the submission of poetry, short prose, line art, cartoons, and book and new music reviews. There is no theme; we seek quality art and literature. When submitting poetry, 4-6 pieces are preferred; line count is not necessary. For artwork, please submit photocopies or electronic versions (if electronic, 600 dpi preferred) only. Prose must include a word count and should not exceed 2,500 words; 1,000-2,000 is best for us. Submissio...

Magnolia: A Journal of Women's Literature is currently accepting submissions for it's second volume. As a series dedicated to socially engaged literature, this collection caters to works often ignored by mainstream publishers, thereby representing a milestone in women's publishing.

The Institute welcomes submissions for Volume II of a new series dedicated to sociall...

BORDERLANDS: Texas Poetry Reviewis a literary journal based in Austin, Texas that published poetry along with photographs, reviews and essays.Submission deadline for the Summer 2012 issue is December 15, 2011

Please submit a maximum of four outwardly directed poems that exhibits social, political, geographical, historical or spiritual awareness. We are open to traditional and experimental forms. Payment is one copy.

Persimmon Tree’smission is to bring the creativity and talent of women over sixty to a wide audience of readers of all ages.

We are looking for work that reveals rich experience and a variety of perspectives. Each issue of the magazine will include several fiction and nonfiction pieces, poetry by one or more poets, and the work of one visual artist. The magazine is published quarterly, in association with Mills College.

We welcome previously unpublished fiction and nonfiction pieces under 3...

The Chrysalis Reader audience includes people from numerous faiths and backgrounds. Many of them work in psychology, education, religion, the arts, sciences, or one of the helping professions. The style of writing may be humorous, serious, or some combination of these approaches. Essays, poetry, and fiction that are not evangelical in tone but that are unique in addressing the Chrysalis Reader theme are more likely to be ...

5x5 Literary Journal5x5 is a concise literary magazine, which means we are looking for concise literature to print.5x5 will consider almost any original, previously unpublished work for publication.We don't consider posting a piece to your own website to be "published."We accept simultaneous submissions as long as you tell us that you are submitting simultaneously and let us know right away if it's accepted elsewhere.

The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts,http://matterpress.com/journal is looking for, as you might guess, "compressed creative arts." We accept fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, mixed media, visual arts, and even kitchen sinks, if they are compressed in some way. We publish weekly.

Our response time is generally 1-3 days. Also, our acceptance rate is currently about 1% of submissions. We pay writers $50 per accepted piece and signed contract.

Rosebud: The Magazine for People who Enjoy Good Writingis open to outside submissions and reviews material throughout the year. The best way to get a feeling of what they do is to read an issue or two. You can either visit your local bookstore (we are available in Borders and Barnes & Noble), or better yet—subscribe or buy a sample copy directly from us. Also, check out our website at www.rsbd.net

The Fall 2011 issue of Rio Grande Review will deal with imminent change. It was only a few months ago that Harold Camping was convinced that the end of the world was near and total destruction was inevitable. This was not the first prophecy of total annihilation to come, nor will it be the last. Whether one takes on a very religious, intellectual, or scientific viewpoint of the Apocalypse, or this ‘great cha...

MATTER PRESShttp://matter.submishmash.com/Submit---The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts is looking for, as you might guess, "compressed creative arts." We accept fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, mixed media, visual arts, and even kitchen sinks, if they are compressed in some way. Work is published weekly. We pay writers $50 per accepted piece and signed contract. We are currently ONLY open for compressed prose, either fiction or creative nonfiction. Please submit only during the presc...Continue reading ...

Windhover: A Journal of Christian Literature

Windhover is devoted to promoting writers and literature with a Christian perspective. The journal accepts a broad definition of that perspective while remaining committed to its identity as a journal of Christian literature.

The journal accepts unsolicited submissions of poetry, short fiction, non-fiction, and creative non-fiction. Please send no more than four poems per issue. Items lon...

Fall 2011 theme: THE ECSTATICWe are looking for poetry, fiction, and essays addressing the ecstatic and its counterparts--the comedown and ecstasy thwarted, whether by internal or external means. Deadline:...

Acorn is now open to submissions until August 31, 2010 for their January/February issue. Original, unpublished haiku, not under consideration elsewhere, are welcome from all writers. Please send submissions of 5-15 poems. More submission details and sample poems: http://www.acornhaiku.com/acornhaiku/Submissions.html

Prune Juice is seeking submissions of quality senryu and kyoka in English from writers across the globe. Please submit up to twenty senryu/kyoka at a time via email. Poems should appear in the body of the email – no attachments will be read. Please ensure that your submission has ‘PRUNE JUICE SUBMISSION’ clearly written in the email’s title field. Always include your name and a brief biography, even if you have submitted to us previously.

Poetry: The tribute section will feature humorous poetry -- light verse, puns, parodies...you name it; just make us laugh. To submit via email or hardcopy, follow theregular guidelines, but please note in the cover letter that you are submitting for the humor tribute.

Essays: We'd like to publish either a series of short essays on different aspects of humor in poetry, or a longer introduction to the history of humor in verse. Please query with any q...

Based at the University of Idaho, *Fugue* is constructing a 20th anniversary issue "in the form of a regionally based issue. Bruce Barcott said, 'We created the northwest with words,' but we are adding that it is this region which causes writers to write. This latter thought is what we are developing our anniversary issue around – the writers of the west, but more specifically the insiders, the born, the original settlers versus the outsiders, the migrators, the transplants, the carpetbagge...

Indiana Review is looking for art, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for a special feature on Blue in our Summer 2010 issue. What do we mean by blue? We mean the color, the mood, the music. We're looking for work that honors, laments, declares war on, reinterprets, reinvents, and redefines 'blue.' Our door is wide open and the possibilities are endless. We're thinking the color blue; the blues; narrators named Blue; Holden Caulfield; Miles Davis's 'Kind of Blue'; William Gass's 'On Being Blue';...

The Chrysalis Reader audience includes people from numerous faiths and backgrounds. Many of them work in psychology, education, religion, the arts, sciences, or one of the helping professions. The style of writing may be humorous, serious, or some combination of these approaches. Essays, poetry, and fiction that are not evangelical in tone but that are unique in addressing the Chrysalis Reader theme are more likely to be accepted. Our readers are interested in expanding, enriching, or challen...

Weavingsjournal is a quarterly publication that promotes a pattern of faithful living marked by prayer, community, and engagement. Such living, to which laity and clergy alike are called, embraces all those expressions of discipline and discipleship that mark the Christian's response to God's work of weaving together the torn fabric of life.http://www.upperroom.org/weavings/writers_guidelines.asp

For the Fall 2009 Umbrella (pub date September 1) we will be reading both unthemed and themed poetry and prose. For the themed section, we are looking for poems that have something to do with school subjects, e.g., history, geography, science, math, languages, etc. Understand, we are not looking for retrospective poems that deal with your school days, but rather poems that encounter the subjects themselves. (Despite that statement, we’ve been see...

Weavings journal is a quarterly publication that promotes a pattern of faithful living marked by prayer, community, and engagement. Such living, to which laity and clergy alike are called, embraces all those expressions of discipline and discipleship that mark the Christian's response to God's work of weaving together the torn fabric of life.http://www.upperroom.org/weavings/writers_guidelines.asp

Turning the World Upside Down

Seeking literary essays telling personal stories for two anthologies, one focusing on birth parents, and the other on the subject of miscarriage. The submissiondeadline for both books is August 15, 2009,and payment in each case will be $50 plus one copy of the book. See www.catalystbookpress.com/Guidelines.htmlfor more information.

This annual journal is devoted to fairy tales as a contemporary art form and is accepting submissions of stories and poems untilJune 15, 2009, for its upcoming issue with the theme "Little Red Riding Hood."

LiturgicalCredo,a member of the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses, is changing its mission. Beginning in June, the online literary journal will be devoted to contemporary stories of faith and doubt in the forms of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. We seek expressions of hard-won faith as well as doubts that won't go away. We do not want simplistic belief or mere skepticism. Instead, we look for inward struggles that are lived within contemporary experiences, whether extraordinary or m...

Vineyards: A Journal of Christian Poetry, publishing its inaugural issue in early 2010, seeks high quality, original poetry in the tradition of Donne, Herbert, Hopkins, Thompson, Eliot, Anne Sexton, Kelly Cherry, Scott Cairns, etc. We are looking for sacramental poetry that challenges the mind and the soul. Vineyard does not want greeting card sentimentality but poems that display the technical mastery and creative fervor that characterize wor...

Seeks to promote informed, committed spiritual growth with attention to the corporate dimension of the spiritual life. Such growth, to which laity and clergy alike are called, embraces all those expressions of discipline and discipleship that mark the Christian's response to God's work of weaving together the torn fabric of life. Weavings invites participation in the spiritual life, seeking to provide a forum in which our life in the world and the spiritual resourc...

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Sally Clark

Fredericksburg, Tx

Like finding shells on the beach, I love doing market research! And what I find, I love to share! I write in a variety of genres including children's, Christian, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, so these post follow along those lines. Check out my web site: www.sallyclark.info, for more about me.